mustang 5000+ miles away
10-26-2006, 10:54 PM
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mustang 5000+ miles away
hey guys, i've been reading these forums for awhile and i finally desided i'll join the fun!
here's the story of my 73 mach1:
my aunt got it in 73 as a graduation gift and put 80K miles on it and trashed it out. when she was thinking about tradeing it in a few years later, they would only give her $900 so my grandad bought it for a grand and kept in in the garage for 20 years makeing the body and interior perfect!
jump years later:
i am born and my in with my grandparents and learn about the car as it's givin to me when i turn 16 (after a mexican lady ran a stopsign and T-boned my 87' SVO) *tear*
they body is nice and the engine is all stock (all the way down to the Y-pipe exhaust single muffler)
btw, it's a 351 cleveland 2bbl.
years of fixing the engine and finally having my engine completely rebuilt ground up my senior year. .030 bore, alighn bored, polished crank, new factory style heads (i was going for stock at the time) ported/polished. new valve train with a cam that gives it a lope kinda like a harley. rebuilt 2bbl carb. forged aluminum pistons... the whole thing is balanced and blueprinted from the pullies, through the C6 and drive shaft to the 9".
within 2 weeks of having the new engine and "babying" it it pulled a motor support inhalf and now i have a logger chain welded to my block and frame.
okay now jump ahead a coule years...
i've been in japan for 2 years with nothing but skylines. hotchies, supras, 180s, silvias... so one and *yea... fast but nothing special in my eyes. so thoughts of my mustang has been keeping me happy.
well i figured it's time to really get my mustang to it's full potintiol!
things i've bought through summit: (going on my car in march 2007)
750cfm performer carb
performer intake manifold
and 3.73:1 gears to replace my 2.73:1 (i know... my top speed could've been 148.9 mph if i had the fuel) im a stoplight to stoplight kind person.
here's on my wishlist:
2400stall
260H comp cam
edion limited slip
talking to a guy in portland about some aussie 2 heads.
just wondering what yall guys think. i have 5 more months and im back home where muscle cars rule the street!
here's the story of my 73 mach1:
my aunt got it in 73 as a graduation gift and put 80K miles on it and trashed it out. when she was thinking about tradeing it in a few years later, they would only give her $900 so my grandad bought it for a grand and kept in in the garage for 20 years makeing the body and interior perfect!
jump years later:
i am born and my in with my grandparents and learn about the car as it's givin to me when i turn 16 (after a mexican lady ran a stopsign and T-boned my 87' SVO) *tear*
they body is nice and the engine is all stock (all the way down to the Y-pipe exhaust single muffler)
btw, it's a 351 cleveland 2bbl.
years of fixing the engine and finally having my engine completely rebuilt ground up my senior year. .030 bore, alighn bored, polished crank, new factory style heads (i was going for stock at the time) ported/polished. new valve train with a cam that gives it a lope kinda like a harley. rebuilt 2bbl carb. forged aluminum pistons... the whole thing is balanced and blueprinted from the pullies, through the C6 and drive shaft to the 9".
within 2 weeks of having the new engine and "babying" it it pulled a motor support inhalf and now i have a logger chain welded to my block and frame.
okay now jump ahead a coule years...
i've been in japan for 2 years with nothing but skylines. hotchies, supras, 180s, silvias... so one and *yea... fast but nothing special in my eyes. so thoughts of my mustang has been keeping me happy.
well i figured it's time to really get my mustang to it's full potintiol!
things i've bought through summit: (going on my car in march 2007)
750cfm performer carb
performer intake manifold
and 3.73:1 gears to replace my 2.73:1 (i know... my top speed could've been 148.9 mph if i had the fuel) im a stoplight to stoplight kind person.
here's on my wishlist:
2400stall
260H comp cam
edion limited slip
talking to a guy in portland about some aussie 2 heads.
just wondering what yall guys think. i have 5 more months and im back home where muscle cars rule the street!
10-27-2006, 02:51 AM
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RE: mustang 5000+ miles away
that's what i get for being 16 at the time and having a grandad who's owned nothing but customs telling me "buy air shocks, they'll look cool!"
i do have fun with them though... under full pressure, i bounce around the road like go-cart...
i do have fun with them though... under full pressure, i bounce around the road like go-cart...
10-27-2006, 03:30 AM
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RE: mustang 5000+ miles away
well im guess im still stuck in my texas mindset. but there when someone refered to mexican driver there is no insurance involved.
plus there was alot of me not knowing what she was saying to police. i didnt mean anyone wrong by it, im not in dallas anymore i guess...
plus there was alot of me not knowing what she was saying to police. i didnt mean anyone wrong by it, im not in dallas anymore i guess...